INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 167, 9 November 1881, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Christchurch, Tuesday. there is a hitch in the negotiations with .he English cricketers for the Chris- church match. They demand two-thirds of the total receipts after al. expens s are paid, and the Lane liter Park Comp-my demand all the rest except !0 percent for the use of their ground The Association have refused this, and require five per cent of the gross receipts, leavine Ihe company aud the cricketers to settle then* own terms forthe use of the grounds Tins is said to be a final offer on both sides, and as Mr Conway may probably refuse, it is very likely the team won't visit New Zealand at all this year It is definitely stated that their visit depends on the terms made at Chriatchurch. Cricketers here thiuk the Englishmen too high. Auckland, Tue-day. lhe mail steamer Zealandia sailed for san Francisco this afternoon. G. M. Reed is a passenger for England. lie goes on business connected with the East Coast Land Company. „, Rf.i:iton, Tuesday. _ J. he excitement in tbe share market continues The ' Inangahua Herald estimates the increase in value of mining stock during the past fortnight equals tiuoooo. Enormous sums have been made locally. 'n 1 G f- C ' Bowman reports for last week : the United Alpine Company obtained 244 oz of reported gold from 18u tons of quartz Dun,, g the , lio „ th , J57 tQns w , recrushed yielding -UJOoz of retorted gold. A dividend ot sixpence per share is declared. In the Keep it-Dark Company the reef is 20 feet thick, and showing very good gold, lhe reef vi the upper w- rkings never presented such a well defined and solid body of stone as it does where it has been cut on this level. Crushing operations wilt bo resumed in the course of a few days. JJuring the week there has been a very great demand for shares, which have advanced from 19s to £-2 os. Iv the Golden Treasure Company the winze has been sunk a distance of 60 feet below the 80 feet level. A very good reef has been carried down the whole of the distance showing payable gold. The Welcome Company's return for five days is lOOlozof amalgam. Ihe Gohkn Point Company struck exceedingly rich stone, which had the effect of sending up shaves from 5s 8d to J.*) S . The f, llowing arc- tbe latest ([notations : — Havers— Welcome, £7 7s od ; United Alpine, £1 li's ; Golden Tmi-ure, "js yd ; Homeward .Hound, 7.i ; Keep-it-dark, £-2 .*is ; Fiery Cross I'.xl.enued, Ss ; Specimen Hill, -Is -, Golden Point, .12 ; Croesus (Lyell), Ids (id. Sellers ask a trifle in advance of these prices. Lvttultox. Tuesday, Arrived— Gustave Metzrar, from Boston ; EobinHood, from Calcutta ; Charlotte Littlefield, from New York, with part cargo for Auck^nrt,